RRYP Global is a Spanish boutique law firm specializing in private international law, litigation, and cross-border matters . We represent private clients, families, entrepreneurs, companies, and foreign firms when their assets, family relationships, business activities, or legal proceedings connect Spain with one or more jurisdictions.
Private International Law
International Family & Private Wealth
Cross-Border Litigation
International Business & Contracts
International Criminal Matters
The issue is not only where the client lives, but where the people, assets, companies, procedures, and legal effects that need to be protected are located.
A matter requires international analysis when the position to be protected in Spain also depends on people, assets, documentation, resolutions, contracts or procedures located in other countries.
This may involve real estate, companies, business shares, accounts, inheritance rights or any legal position that must be protected, claimed or enforced in Spain.
The spouses' residence, nationality, minors, marital property, parallel proceedings or foreign decisions can completely modify the strategy of a divorce or family conflict.
Assets distributed between countries, foreign wills, non-resident heirs, different inheritance laws or disputes over Spanish assets may require a coordinated strategy.
A judgment, precautionary measure, family resolution, property decision or foreign claim may require recognition, enforcement or procedural actions before Spanish courts.
International contracts, foreign partners, related companies, distribution, technology, service provision or commercial disputes can produce legal effects in Spain and abroad.
Investigated individuals, victims, companies, evidence, assets, or judicial decisions located in different countries can activate mechanisms for international judicial cooperation.
We intervene when family life, residence, children, assets or judicial decisions are distributed between Spain and other countries.
International judicial jurisdiction, applicable law, matrimonial property, parallel proceedings and recognition of decisions when the marriage is linked to two or more States.
Custody, residence of minors, international transfers, modification of measures and parental conflicts when parents or minors maintain links with different countries.
Urgent procedures for restitution or defense against requests for return when a minor has been transferred or retained between different States.
Recognition, modification or enforcement of family obligations and foreign decisions when they must produce effects in Spain.
An international property dispute may require simultaneously analyzing ownership, applicable law, jurisdiction, foreign documentation, and the possibility of enforcement on assets located in Spain.
Inheritances with assets, heirs, wills or documentation linked to different countries.
Challenging wills, discussion on inheritance law, inheritance rights, validity and effects in Spain of provisions granted in other countries.
Real estate, shares, companies, investments, economic rights and other assets located in different jurisdictions.
Actions aimed at enforcing rights recognized outside of Spain or protecting Spanish heritage affected by international procedures or decisions.
International litigation requires deciding not only what claim exists, but where it should be exercised, what law governs it, and how the resolution can be enforced on persons or property.
Determination of the competent courts when parties, obligations, assets or facts are distributed between different States.
Analysis of the applicable instrument and actions necessary for a decision issued outside of Spain to have effects on persons or assets located here.
Coordination of actions when there are open or potentially initiatable proceedings in more than one country.
Resolutions, documents, translations, legalizations, apostilles and proof of foreign law when necessary for the Spanish process.
We represent cases in which facts, suspects, victims, companies, assets, evidence, or judicial decisions maintain connections with more than one jurisdiction.
Scams, economic operations and asset procedures when transfers, companies, assets or affected persons are located in different countries.
Defense in OEDE proceedings and analysis of guarantees, grounds for opposition and effects of a surrender request.
International surrender procedures when a person is claimed by foreign authorities.
Actions related to assets, companies, accounts, real estate, evidence or judicial decisions that require coordination between authorities.
We assist foreign companies, partners, entrepreneurs and clients when a business relationship linked to Spain produces effects in different jurisdictions.
Negotiation, structure, applicable law, jurisdiction, liability, guarantees and resolution of international contracts.
International contracts →Commercial relationships, cross-border distribution, licensing and disputes arising from international operations.
Technology contracts, software, SaaS, licenses, digital services and operations with international legal components.
International company →Non-compliance, corporate disputes, unfair competition and business litigation when different jurisdictions are involved.
Certain relationships with executives, founders, or highly qualified professionals require simultaneously analyzing contracts, incentives, confidentiality, international mobility, and corporate structure.
RRYP Global is currently involved in legal proceedings before courts located in various Spanish cities. This national practice allows the firm to handle international matters without the client's physical location limiting its territorial reach.
Among other procedures currently handled by the firm. The location of the court is only one of the variables: some cases also have connections to individuals, assets, companies, documents, or actions located outside of Spain.
The international dimension of the practice does not derive solely from the client's nationality. In many matters, it is necessary to integrate into the Spanish strategy documents, rulings, individuals, assets, or procedures linked to other countries.
Among the matters recently coordinated by RRYP Global are proceedings and disputes related to Mauritania, the United States, Portugal, and Indonesia.
The firm has also worked on matters related to Vanuatu, Argentina, Cuba, Panama, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium and Germany, among other countries.
International coordination requires understanding that seemingly equivalent institutions can have different natures and effects depending on the legal system of origin.
Matters related to the United States, the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions where property, family or procedural institutions may differ substantially from those in Spain.
Coordination with jurisdictions in continental Europe and other civil legal tradition systems, with specific differences in family, contracts, succession and procedure.
Matters in which family, inheritance or patrimonial institutions come from legal systems with different categories, including certain systems of Islamic legal tradition.
These cases better demonstrate the firm's experience than any generic statement of specialization. This selection showcases different areas of international practice.
In an international matter, jurisdiction, applicable law, evidence, assets, and the effectiveness of the resolution must be analyzed together from the outset.
Identification of residence, nationality, assets, companies, contracts, minors, relevant documents and procedures.
Determination of the courts that can hear the case and analysis of concurrent procedures.
Identification of the legal system that regulates each relevant legal issue.
Determination of the rights, actions and measures available before Spanish authorities.
Foreign documents, resolutions, translations, apostilles and proof of foreign law where applicable.
Design of the Spanish procedure and analysis of the future effectiveness of measures and resolutions.
RRYP Legal Intelligence brings together the firm's analytical work on relevant issues of private international law, comparative law, cross-border litigation and jurisprudential evolution.
RRYP Global can handle the Spanish dimension of an international mandate or work in coordination with foreign lawyers, family offices, advisors and professionals when the client needs representation, litigation or legal actions in Spain.
RRYP Global's legal practice is led by Mar Gámez and combines experience in Spanish court proceedings with training and teaching in private international law and comparative law.
The international dimension of the matter is integrated into the procedural strategy: it is not only a matter of identifying a conflict rule, but of determining how the client's position should be protected before Spanish courts and how the decisions obtained will have effects.
International matters may require the coordination of clients, Spanish lawyers, foreign counsel, advisors, experts and other professionals located in different cities or jurisdictions.
RRYP Global integrates this coordination within the legal direction of the matter, maintaining a clear position on the strategy to be followed in Spain.
The firm has offices in MadridMálaga and Córdoba, and provides services throughout Spain. Local pages cater to different search intents without replacing this national practice.
Common issues when a person, family, company or procedure maintains relevant connections with Spain and other countries.
If your family, assets, business, or legal proceedings have relevant connections with Spain and another country, you can initially inform us of the situation so we can assess its suitability for the firm's practice.